General Discussion Anything SuperHawk Related

Fuel Injected Superhawks?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 04-29-2008, 07:44 PM
  #1  
Rooster Wolf
Back Marker
Thread Starter
 
VFR79's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Knightdale, NC
Posts: 103
VFR79 is on a distinguished road
Fuel Injected Superhawks?

I did some searching, but didn't come up with anything concrete. Are all of the Superhawks carburated, or did Honda put fuel injection in the later models?
VFR79 is offline  
Old 04-29-2008, 08:12 PM
  #2  
Senior Member
MotoGP
 
mikstr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Montreal
Posts: 5,631
mikstr is on a distinguished road
All carbureted. Besides, while FI could result in slightly better fuel economy and lower emissions, my DJ kit equiped VTR's throttle response is second-to-none (and better than any FI bike I have tried to date to be honest). A well-tuned carb set-up is pretty hard to beat for smoothness of response IMO.
mikstr is offline  
Old 04-29-2008, 08:22 PM
  #3  
Honducati
SuperSport
 
jbaxx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Anaheim, CA
Posts: 809
jbaxx is on a distinguished road
Originally Posted by mikstr
All carbureted. Besides, while FI could result in slightly better fuel economy and lower emissions, my DJ kit equiped VTR's throttle response is second-to-none (and better than any FI bike I have tried to date to be honest). A well-tuned carb set-up is pretty hard to beat for smoothness of response IMO.
+1 Hard to beat the smoothness of properly jetted carbs.
jbaxx is offline  
Old 04-29-2008, 08:42 PM
  #4  
Moderator
MotoGP
 
superbling's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: South Texas
Posts: 2,553
superbling is on a distinguished road
+2 on a schweeet jetted carb'ed bike.

One negative attribute of FI: it's digital so it's either on or off. If off, you're screwed but a carb'ed motor running poorly (digital reads this as off) will still get you home. BTDT in both camps.
superbling is offline  
Old 04-29-2008, 09:34 PM
  #5  
Moderator
MotoGP
 
inderocker's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 2,708
inderocker is an unknown quantity at this point
There is this route, if you're feeling frisky...
https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...ad.php?t=13377

Here is a list of changes throught the VTR's life span, if you're interested.
https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...ad.php?t=13982
inderocker is offline  
Old 04-30-2008, 07:06 PM
  #6  
Rooster Wolf
Back Marker
Thread Starter
 
VFR79's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Knightdale, NC
Posts: 103
VFR79 is on a distinguished road
Well that's something new I learned today. I always assumed that FI was better in every aspect performance wise. Now I'm even more excited to ride this potential sale Superhawk. On the flipside, if the deal doesn't go through, I'll definitely re-jet the carbs on my VFR for that crisper than crisp throttle response!
VFR79 is offline  
Old 04-30-2008, 07:12 PM
  #7  
Moderator
MotoGP
 
inderocker's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 2,708
inderocker is an unknown quantity at this point
F/I is more precise at high rpm's. Fortunately the VTR is only 9.4k rpm bike.
inderocker is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Fox
Technical Discussion
4
12-14-2010 11:46 AM
Auron
Technical Discussion
11
07-31-2010 06:46 PM
seb421
General Discussion
26
02-04-2009 05:49 AM
HawkRider98
General Discussion
3
04-01-2008 09:17 AM
SH1000MA
Modifications - Performance
15
04-28-2007 08:00 AM



Quick Reply: Fuel Injected Superhawks?



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 07:20 AM.